 How to build a really quick and inexpensive student desk? Well, I would work as Paul Carlson here a small workshop guy We have two of our grandchildren living with us. They're going to high school. They're twin boys One of them for a little privacy has moved into a crawl space up above my workshop High school classes started this last week and so the one boy who's living in the attic or the crawl space needed a Really quick and inexpensive student desk. I've got the plans for this off of the Anna white Website, I'll try to put a link to that down below The materials consist of three eight foot two by twos in redwood plus two 24 inch by 48 inch plywood panels and some simple three inch by three-quarter inch pine approximately eight foot of that and The final item would be some hinges of your choosing Start by making two rectangular ends on the rails for the ends put pocket hole screws in the top of the top rail and in the bottom of the bottom rail and Then just connect it to your styles and then connect the two rectangular ends with some rails Again with pocket hole screws in the top of the top rail in the bottom of the bottom rail that way They're never seen and then six inches high put another rail across for a foot rest Make the entire top separately and then attach that to the base as the last step For the base of the top just leave the two foot by four foot plywood piece alone And then take the other two foot by four foot plywood piece and cut it into three sections My three sections were 13 and a half inches by 13 and a half inches and then the remaining 21 inch build yourself two boxes that are 13 and a half by 23 inches in size and then Attach those about a half an inch in from the edges Those boxes then become the foundation for the middle unit Just attach that permanently so that doesn't lift up and then use the other two pieces of your plywood with hinges to become the top for the two Cases on the side and that's how simple it is Your student will end up with a middle unit that has room to push some things underneath such as a laptop Computer and stuff when they're not being used and then he's got two Storage units on the side for supplies and paper and things of that nature So very simple design again get the plans off the Anna white website and Make your student happy Small workshop guy signing off